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Tornado Watch 64
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   SEL4
   
   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 64
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   400 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          NORTHERN GEORGIA
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 400 PM UNTIL 900
   PM EST.
   
   TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
   GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
   AREAS.
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
   ATLANTA GEORGIA TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATHENS GEORGIA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
   UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
   
   REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
   TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
   AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
   THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
   AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 63...
   
   DISCUSSION...FAST MOVING BOW ECHO CONTINUES TO RACE NEWD ALONG WEDGE
   FRONT TOWARDS METRO ATL ATTM.  DESPITE LACK OF MEASURABLE
   SBCAPE...SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SUSTAIN A VERY ORGANIZED/INTENSE
   STRUCTURE.  EXTREME LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST A RISK OF
   ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH MORE WIDESPREAD
   DAMAGING WINDS.
   
   AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
   SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
   WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
   500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23045.
   
   
   ...EVANS
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